WIZARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wizard mean? 

• WIZARD (noun)
  The noun WIZARD has 2 senses:

1. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

2. one who practices magic or sorcery

  Familiarity information: WIZARD used as a noun is rare.

• WIZARD (adjective)
  The adjective WIZARD has 1 sense:

1. possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers

  Familiarity information: WIZARD used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WIZARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ace; adept; champion; genius; hotshot; maven; mavin; sensation; star; superstar; virtuoso; whiz; whizz; wiz; wizard

Hypernyms ("wizard" is a kind of...):

expert (a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wizard"):

track star (a star runner)

Sense 2

Meaning:

One who practices magic or sorcery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

magician; necromancer; sorcerer; thaumaturge; thaumaturgist; wizard

Hypernyms ("wizard" is a kind of...):

occultist (a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wizard"):

enchanter (a sorcerer or magician)

exorciser; exorcist (someone who practices exorcism)

magus (a magician or sorcerer of ancient times)

sorceress (a woman sorcerer)

witch doctor (someone who is believed to heal through magical powers)

Instance hyponyms:

Cagliostro; Count Alessandro di Cagliostro; Giuseppe Balsamo (Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743-1795))

Derivation:

wizard; wizardly (possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers)

• WIZARD (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers

Synonyms:

charming; magic; magical; sorcerous; witching; wizard; wizardly

Context example:

wizardly powers

Similar:

supernatural (not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material)

Derivation:

wizard (one who practices magic or sorcery)

 Context examples 

"Who are the wizards?" asked Dorothy.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

I believe that you are a wizard, Mr. Holmes.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Six wizards are the main characters (of the game) and each one is based on a different aspect of the world's culture.

(Brazilian professor creates mobile game that combines fun with mathematics, Agência Brasil)

Let me tell you, my friend, that there are things done to-day in electrical science which would have been deemed unholy by the very men who discovered electricity—who would themselves not so long before have been burned as wizards.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Therefore we still have witches and wizards amongst us.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Mr. Holmes, you are a wizard, a sorcerer!

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Wizards, who are the game heroes, need to prevent them from conquering the kingdom and seal the portal.

(Brazilian professor creates mobile game that combines fun with mathematics, Agência Brasil)

In the civilized countries I believe there are no witches left, nor wizards, nor sorceresses, nor magicians.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)